Petrohradske Padani international bouldering competition 2015
results
Brief results of the 14th annual of PADani 2015, the open air international bouldering competition, in Petrohrad, West Bohemia, Czech Republic ... full story
Czech mountaineers Jindrich Hudecek and Michal Brunner finished first ascent on Aguja Poincenot (3002 m) in Patagonia on February 2nd, 2015. The new route "Invisible Line" is 7a A1 hard and 400 m long. ... full story
Lucie Hrozova and Milan Dvoracek won the Czech Championship in speed ice climbing 2015, that took place on Saturday February 14th, on ice wall in Vir, CZ. ... full story
Several years ago I got the chance to interview Adam for an American climbing magazine. At the time his exploits were just becoming known to the world, but his talent was already well known in the Czech climbing community. ... full story
Adam Ondra who is in the lead of both rankings (difficulty and boulder), sent before the weekend his longterm project in Moravian Karst. ... full story
Aneta Loužecká: 3rd in speed and 5th in lead at WCH of N.America
Ice Climbing
Aneta Loužecká succeeded at the North American Ice Climbing Championships this weekend in Ouray, Colorado. She was 3rd in speed and 5th in difficulty, she said on Facebook. ... full story
Czech championship and European Cup in ice climbing
DryToolCup Brno 2021, ie the international Czech championship in ice climbing on lead and at the same time the 3rd race of the European Cup in ice climbing 2021/2022 was won yesterday by Tyler Kempney from the USA and Finn Enni Bertling. The best of ours was Aneta Loužecká 4th. ... full story
Zdeněk Hák and Jakub Kácha climbed the west wall to Ama Dablam
Czechs Zdeněk Háček Hák and Jakub Kácha climbed the direttissima west wall of Ama Dablam (6812 m). Yesterday they descended to the second altitude camp of the normal route and today to the base camp. They climbed a direttissima west wall called American Direct, which was first climbed in 1990, as specified by Háček's sponsor Climbing Technology CZ this afternoon. ... full story
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won the Czech Republic lead climbing championship in Brno today. The second were Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová, the third Šimon Potůček and Nikola Králíková. ... full story
Rishat Khaibullin and Tereza Cibulková won the Czech Republic Speed Climbing Championships in Brno yesterday. Kazakh Rishat Khaibullin set a time of 5,682 seconds in qualifying, which is only a few tenths of the world record (it is 5,208 s and is held by Indonesian Veddriq Leonardo from this year's World Cup in Salt Lake City). ... full story
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic:
Czech climbers stranded in Pakistan are returning home
The two Czech climbers Jakub Vlček and Petr Macek, who got stuck in Pakistan after climbing Rakaposhi and the subsequent action to save them, "are returning home after difficult negotiations", Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek said on Twitter a moment ago.
"I would also like to thank the Pakistani side for its helpfulness and at the same time emphasize that everyone abroad is responsible for its actions," wrote Min ... full story
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won today the Czech Bouldering Championship in Slaný. The second were Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová, the third Štěpán Volf and Markéta Janošová.
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská were the only ones to give all four tops in the finals. ... full story
Martin Stráník in difficulty 4th, Eliška Adamovská is 9th
Martin Stráník finished tonight at the 4th place in the finals of lead climbing on the World Climbing Championships in Moscow. Eliška Adamovská finished 9th in the semifinals. Austrian Jakob Schubert and South Korean Seo Chaehyun won. In second place were Slovenian Luka Potocar and American Natalia Grossman, in 3rd place were British Hamish McArthur and Italian Laura Rogora. ... full story
Ascent to Rakaposhi (7788 m) by a Czech-Pakistani expedition
The Czech-Pakistani expedition on Facebook informed about the successful ascent to the Pakistani mountain Rakaposhi (7788 m), which has an extraordinary elevation of about 6,000 meters from the foot to the top. ... full story
International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují
results of the film competition 2021
Slovak film Unwanted self-portrait (Nechcený autoportrét) by Rasťo Hatiar yesterday received the Grand Prix of the film competition of this year's International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují, Czech Republic. ... full story
Adam Ondra won the Boulder KO at the legendary Arco Rock Master competition today, Martin Stráník was in boulder 2nd. Italian Laura Rogora won the women's boulder, Eliška Adamovská finished in 8th place. In the evening, the following lead duel was won by Italian Stefano Ghisolfi and Slovenian Mia Krampl. Adam Ondra was 3rd in the duel, but still 1st overall. ... full story
Markéta Janošová was the best of Czechs at the European Bouldering Cup in Krakow, Poland today. She finished in 8th place in the semifinals. Šimon Potůček finished in the semifinals the 19th. Our others did not advance from the qualification. German Anna Lechner and Frenchman Mathieu Ternant won. ... full story
European Bouldering Cup today and tomorrow in Krakow, Poland
live video stream
The European Bouldering Cup is being held today and tomorrow in Krakow, Poland, with Czech participation, and is broadcast live on Facebook. According to the registration, Šimon Potůček, Štěpán Potůček, Eliška Bulenová, Markéta Janošová and Adéla Bajerová are to introduce themselves at the start. ... full story
Adam Ondra made it to Thursday's finals with the result in the qualification of lead climbing. According to the results of the combination, even before the end of this third climbing discipline, it turned out that he would be the worst 6th in the triple combination, and finally the 5th out of a total of 8 advancing to the finals. In the lead itself, Adam was finally 4. ... full story
Adam Ondra has arrived in Tokyo, acclimatized and feels good
Adam Ondra has arrived in Tokyo, is acclimatizing to the Olympic Village and says he feels "suspiciously good". Adam's team on Facebook informs about it: ... full story
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Brief results of the 14th annual of PADani 2015, the open air international bouldering competition, in Petrohrad, West Bohemia, Czech Republic 
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Czech mountaineers Jindrich Hudecek and Michal Brunner finished first ascent on Aguja Poincenot (3002 m) in Patagonia on February 2nd, 2015. The new route "Invisible Line" is 7a A1 hard and 400 m long. 
Lucie Hrozova and Milan Dvoracek won the Czech Championship in speed ice climbing 2015, that took place on Saturday February 14th, on ice wall in Vir, CZ. 
Adam Ondra climbed a new difficulty 8B named Krkavec, 8B boulder in Zlomisko valley in High Tatra last week. see the video 
Adam Ondra sent his old project in Moravian Karst and established a new grade in UIAA. 
A new breathtaking movie from Norway trip of Adam Ondra is going to be ready soon. 
Czech Libor Hroza was 2nd in speed and Adam Ondra in lead at the World Championship in sport climbing in France. 
Bronze, silver and twice gold medal in Italian Pieve di Cadore. 
Lynn Hill the best women climber was in Prague last week. An extensive interview with her is going to be here in few days. 
I have interviewed a substantial number of important figures in contemporary climbing in my writing career. 
Several years ago I got the chance to interview Adam for an American climbing magazine. At the time his exploits were just becoming known to the world, but his talent was already well known in the Czech climbing community. 
A documentary movie about Adam Ondra´s way to the top of world´s sport climbing scene. 
Zdeněk Ustohal (15) finished second in the European Cup in Youth B (12.-13.11.2011). 
Adam Ondra who is in the lead of both rankings (difficulty and boulder), sent before the weekend his longterm project in Moravian Karst. 
Sister of Adam Ondra, Kristyna Ondra has sent a remarkable route in her local area in Moravian Karst.
Aneta Loužecká succeeded at the North American Ice Climbing Championships this weekend in Ouray, Colorado. She was 3rd in speed and 5th in difficulty, she said on Facebook. 
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DryToolCup Brno 2021, ie the international Czech championship in ice climbing on lead and at the same time the 3rd race of the European Cup in ice climbing 2021/2022 was won yesterday by Tyler Kempney from the USA and Finn Enni Bertling. The best of ours was Aneta Loužecká 4th. 
Czechs Zdeněk Háček Hák and Jakub Kácha climbed the direttissima west wall of Ama Dablam (6812 m). Yesterday they descended to the second altitude camp of the normal route and today to the base camp. They climbed a direttissima west wall called American Direct, which was first climbed in 1990, as specified by Háček's sponsor Climbing Technology CZ this afternoon. 
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won the Czech Republic lead climbing championship in Brno today. The second were Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová, the third Šimon Potůček and Nikola Králíková. 
Rishat Khaibullin and Tereza Cibulková won the Czech Republic Speed Climbing Championships in Brno yesterday. Kazakh Rishat Khaibullin set a time of 5,682 seconds in qualifying, which is only a few tenths of the world record (it is 5,208 s and is held by Indonesian Veddriq Leonardo from this year's World Cup in Salt Lake City). 
The two Czech climbers Jakub Vlček and Petr Macek, who got stuck in Pakistan after climbing Rakaposhi and the subsequent action to save them, "are returning home after difficult negotiations", Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek said on Twitter a moment ago.
Adam Ondra and Eliška Adamovská won today the Czech Bouldering Championship in Slaný. The second were Martin Stráník and Michaela Smetanová, the third Štěpán Volf and Markéta Janošová.
Martin Stráník finished tonight at the 4th place in the finals of lead climbing on the World Climbing Championships in Moscow. Eliška Adamovská finished 9th in the semifinals. Austrian Jakob Schubert and South Korean Seo Chaehyun won. In second place were Slovenian Luka Potocar and American Natalia Grossman, in 3rd place were British Hamish McArthur and Italian Laura Rogora. 
The Czech-Pakistani expedition on Facebook informed about the successful ascent to the Pakistani mountain Rakaposhi (7788 m), which has an extraordinary elevation of about 6,000 meters from the foot to the top. 
Slovak film Unwanted self-portrait (Nechcený autoportrét) by Rasťo Hatiar yesterday received the Grand Prix of the film competition of this year's International Mountaineering Film Festival in Teplice nad Metují, Czech Republic. 
Adam Ondra won the Boulder KO at the legendary Arco Rock Master competition today, Martin Stráník was in boulder 2nd. Italian Laura Rogora won the women's boulder, Eliška Adamovská finished in 8th place. In the evening, the following lead duel was won by Italian Stefano Ghisolfi and Slovenian Mia Krampl. Adam Ondra was 3rd in the duel, but still 1st overall. 
Markéta Janošová was the best of Czechs at the European Bouldering Cup in Krakow, Poland today. She finished in 8th place in the semifinals. Šimon Potůček finished in the semifinals the 19th. Our others did not advance from the qualification. German Anna Lechner and Frenchman Mathieu Ternant won. 
The European Bouldering Cup is being held today and tomorrow in Krakow, Poland, with Czech participation, and is broadcast live on Facebook. According to the registration, Šimon Potůček, Štěpán Potůček, Eliška Bulenová, Markéta Janošová and Adéla Bajerová are to introduce themselves at the start. 
Adam Ondra made it to Thursday's finals with the result in the qualification of lead climbing. According to the results of the combination, even before the end of this third climbing discipline, it turned out that he would be the worst 6th in the triple combination, and finally the 5th out of a total of 8 advancing to the finals. In the lead itself, Adam was finally 4. 
Adam Ondra has arrived in Tokyo, is acclimatizing to the Olympic Village and says he feels "suspiciously good". Adam's team on Facebook informs about it: 
